THE PROGRAM
The Landscape Services Program is one part of the Eco-Logical Business Program. It recognizes landscape design, installation and maintenance service contractors that reach the highest standards in minimizing their environmental impact. The goal of the program is to prevent and minimize pollution generated by small businesses in the Tri-County area. This is the first multi-media (air, water, solid waste) landscaping services certification program in the nation.
BECOME A CERTIFIED ECO-LOGICAL BUSINESS
How to Become an Eco-Biz Landscape Professional
If
your firm meets
environmental
regulations
and has taken
extra steps
toward environmentally
friendly and
sustainable
activities,
you are well
on your way
to meeting the
requirements
for certification
as an Ecological
Business..
The Pollution
Prevention Outreach
Team, a group
of pollution
prevention experts
from eight Portland-area
agencies, sponsors
this program.
Landscape professionals
are also encouraged
to use "Environmentally
Responsible Landscaping". This guidebook has many steps and tips you can take to reduce water and air pollution, as well as hazardous and solid waste. When you request an application you will receive this guidebook along with a self certification "Check List" of program eligibility criteria, the same list we used for certification visits.
Once your company meets environmental requirements and takes voluntary steps to help protect the environment, we'll let your customers, and the community, know about it. To help you learn what needs to be done to become a certified Eco-Logicial Business, call (503) 823-7807 or email Eco Biz .
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